🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

咖啡

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kāfēi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Coffee/ˈkɔː.fi/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #300 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我每天早上都要喝一杯咖啡。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A hot drink made from the roasted and ground seeds (coffee beans) of a tropical shrub.

    "She ordered a cup of fresh coffee with milk and sugar."
  2. 2

    A light brown color resembling coffee.

    "He wore a stylish suit in a deep coffee shade."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'coffee' comes from the Arabic 'qahwa', which originally referred to wine or coffee. It was adopted into Turkish as 'kahve' and then into Italian as 'caffè', before entering English in the 17th century, reflecting the beverage's journey through trade and cultural exchange.

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